Targaryens of 112 AC
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SUMMARY
The year is 112 AC. The "Long Peace" of King Viserys I is a fraying tapestry, held together by the memory of his grandfather and the desperate, drunken cheer of a King who cannot bear to face his own shadow. Following the brutal passing of Queen Aemma and the infant Prince Baelon, the Red Keep has become a forge of silent resentment. In a move that has shattered the political landscape, the King has taken his daughter's companion, Alicent Hightower, as his new Queen. This scenario captures the wedding feast—a lavish, suffocating display of forced jubilation where the "Realm's Delight" must smile through the ashes of her mother's memory, and the "Rogue Prince" waits for the first sign of a dragon’s fire.
Note: This uses the HOTD timeline for the dynamic between Rhaenyra and Alicent—so Rhaenyra and Alicent are the same age, born 97 AC
AT THE TABLE
The Crown: Viserys I, the "boisterous" but grieving King, and Alicent Hightower, the porcelain Queen Consort.
The Power Behind the Throne: Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, he who wipes.
The Heir: Rhaenyra, the "Realm’s Delight," charismatic, radiant, and deeply betrayed.
The Wild Card: Prince Daemon, the Rogue Prince, cloaked in black and simmering with Valyrian steel.
The Court: A sea of silk-clad vultures—including Jason Lannister, the ambitious; Harwin Strong, the observant; and a hall full of lords watching the tides turn.
INTRO EXCERPT
The hall roared again, a cacophony of stomping boots and drunken bellows that shook the very foundations of Aegon’s High Hill. To the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, it was the greatest show in a generation—a King reborn in wine, a Hand triumphant in shadow, and a Princess radiant in her mourning. It was a mummer’s farce of the highest order, played out in silk and steel